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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.290
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Calphurnius
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Roman Heroes, Plate 8
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1586
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370260

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 36.3 × 24.6 cm (14 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
overall: 40 × 26.5 cm (15 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: 8
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: HG fecit
  • inscription: in plate, below image, lower left: Calphurni virtute locir ereptus iniquis, / Expes Attilius laeta trophaea tulit.
  • inscription: in plate, below image, lower right: Haec laus summa virûm est, haec sydera summa meretur, / A patria damno pellere damna suo F. Estius
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: 3
  • collector's mark: verso, right, purple ink stamp: Dr. W. Schumacher
  • watermark: bunch of grapes

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. W. Schumacher. [Hill-Stone, New York], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 169; The Illustrated Bartsch 103; New Hollstein 171

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.290
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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